Takiye ke niche subah ke kuch khwab hai kachche pakke se...

Subah tak halchal honi hai, krwat me neende bo lena...

Ek aur raat hai jagi si, thak k bhi jake soti nahi,

ek aur raat tum suraj ki dehlij pe ja k so lena...

The horizon...

The horizon deceives it's chasers...

It wears bright colours each morning...

And as the day grows old

The makeup fades...

And clouds that create rainbows

All become puffs of vapour

The Camouflage of colours... nothing but a mirage.

Fools... drowned in that romance

Follow the horizon to nowhere...

Never disillusioned they keep saying,

"Clouds when touched... disappear..."

Mukammal

Wo kehte the kabhi zamin kabhi aasman milega

bas jo chaoge wo yaha nahi milega...

ye kaun sa naseeb hai dono se mehrum...

do bitta zamin jeb pe bhari padti hai...

do bitta aasman dekhne ko nahi milta,

ye muqaddar is sheher ka...

ghumshuda log aur anjaan chehro ki khali si bhid me

apna kehne ko ek chehra nahi hota

do pal nahi hote khud k hatho me...

ik saans nahi hoti apne bas me rakhne ko...

unche khwab aur unchi imaratien...

khokhli haqiqat aur khokhli imaratein

imartaon si zindagi...

eit-paththaron se likhi

berukhi kismat...

na ugta suraj apna hota hai,

na doobta...

mausam k badalne se calender pe mahine badalte hai

par dil nahi badalta...

is sheher me, na mitti milti hai,

na barish

na hi dhoop...

wo kehta the yaha pe bas mukammal jahan nahi milta,

magar tukro me tuta bhi hume to asara nahi milta...

kya zid kare kya mange is bedil sheher se hum...

yaha zami bhi nahi milti, aasman bhi nahi milta...

Thehre...

do dhharein chhoti chhoti si,

do bundo ki dori si thi

thodi meri aankho se thi

thodi tere aankho se thi

do bandh banaye dono ne

kuch tum thehre kuch hum thehre...

na dekho tum to bhi aksar

ye baat sataya kart hai

chalte phirte har pal me kyo

wo yaad sataya karti hai?

Jab yun hi takrayi aankhe

aur kuch uljhi kuch pal thehri

phir ghabra ke tum bhi hum bhi

yun hawa me badal ginne lage

khwabo me bhi aana jana

ab rehne do yun takrana...

tum bhi tare ginna ab se

main bhi tare hi gin lungi

do baandh hai ab in dharo pe

tum bhi thehre hum bhi there

chala tha lapakne taro ko

berang hatheli me lekin 

parchayi thi wo pani pe,

chapaki aur bunde chitrayi...

aur un bundo ke shishe se,

hatho pe rangoli khil aayi...

berang hatheli muskayi...

Sehra...

Haal pe ab malal hai ki sukoon nahi aata,...

Jane kya lailaj marz hai nahi jata...

kabhi talasta hai jab wo nazar nahi aata,

puchta aasman se hai wo kyo nahi aata...

magar phir dekh ke usko bhi berukhi hi rahe...

haal kya roye jab dil khud se bhi khud ki na kahe...

mausam badalta nahi,

aasman meherban hona chahe bhi to kya...

kaha sehra me barisho se phul khilte hain...

sard hawa

Sari raat chhante rahe sard hawa...

Darwaze ke surakho se

dheeme se chal kar

sondhi si khushboo wali

bin bulaye mehman si...

jaise abhi abhi dhul ke aayi ho kisi barf k badal se

aur sidhe meri khidki pe utri

kuch bunde os ki saath le kar

chuchap utari meri mez par

subah tak, takiye ke saath seet ki kinari hoti hai

aur os ke moti khidki ke sheeshe ke baithe hue

bulate hai ek aur dillagi wali subah me...

Echo

Har ek din ek saans aur zaya
Wohi kahani hai har raat ki
Thaki aankhe aur bojh khwabo ka
Din to guzar jata hai teri bheed me sar phodte hue
Khali lamhe khud k saath guzarna
Bhari lagta hai do pal
Apne saath baithna

Kabhi kabhi

Kabhi kabhi dil me yun khayal aata hai,

ki ek lambi si saans ke baad ki khamoshi,

aur us khamoshi ki baad ka shor,

palke jhapakne pe pal bhar ka andhera,

aur phir roshni ka ek rela aata ankho ki or

kitab ke panne palate hue

aksharo aur shabdo ke beech do pal ka sannata

aur phir us sannate ko cheerte,

shabd bikhre charo or...

subah se shakh pe baithe, thake kuch patte

shakh se bichadne, aur zamin se dosti hone ke beech

kitni khalao se guzarte,

girte...

kisi phul ke murjhane ke baad ki dastan,

kisi koyle ke heera ban jane ki dastan...

kabhi kabhi,

wo ek pal jisme kuch nahi hota

wo likhe hue har pal se khas hota hai...

ek anjan shakal jo bhid me muskurati hai hume dekh k

ek alpviram, jo tute hue shabdo me

arth jodta hai...

Bhram

Kabhi kabhi tejabi raate hoti hain...

Jab phulo ke rang os me dhul jate hain...

Daghdaar dil khud ko chand samajh baithta hai,

Par suraj ke bina bas amavas hi ban pata hai

Chirag khud ko tare maan lete hain,

Bhool jate hain magar aandhi se ladna unke bas ka nahi

Aur timtimate tare badal se haar kar,

Chup kho jate hain raat me kahi.

Wahin andhere ki agosh me kho kar,

Tute patte me simti ik bund khud ko sagar samajhti hai

... raste me pada paththar,

Himalaya hone ke khwab dekhta hai

Par agli subah dhoop sare bhed khol deti hai...

Aur din ka miraj, raat ke bhram se alag hota hai.

Cobwebs...

A mesh of cobwebs entangles my soul,

cant believe these fine silk like threads can hold up years of longing…

And what was wished for forever

Seems like a distant dream…

Cobwebs… the spiders are all around.

Are they too hard at work, or am I too lazy to remove them in time…

Or is it my comfort zone which is stopping me from venturing out.

I did not bid her adieu

I did not bid her adieu…

She left in such a hurry

Now I wonder how far she must have gone

For neither my voice, nor my thoughts reach

That world which she calls home now

I don't know where it is...

No accolades no tear drenched speeches

No promises of meeting again

She came like a lightening

And flew like a bird

To lands far away...

The human form lost long ago

She lives like the feeling for November sun

Strong and pleasant… everyone’s friend

Only to fade away in the winter fog

She said something about a spring

When ships may cross by again

Would she remember I passed by her

And have looked for her all the way

It is no tragedy, just life

A poem or a song I heard

A short story which had to end

A post script in me she left…

A silent commemoration

A quite tribute I pay...

And later I may write memoirs...

If from me to her

Memories had a way.

Ik tanha chirag dhundhti hun

Jo jalte hue doston ki ummed na kare

Akeli raat ke andhere samete khud me

Par ujalo ke humsafar ke aane ki raah na take

Ye sheher jo kabhi mera humasaya tha

Aaj ajnabee nazar aata hai

Agar ujale ke badle

Chirag jaane pehchane chehre mangne lage

Kaha dhundungi...

Humsafar andhere ke

Chand ki Mehfil

Meri dehliz pe kyo chand utar aata hai
main rokti hu use phir bhi idhar aata hai
wo janta hai uski mehfile chubhti hai mujhe
mujhe chidhane ko har roz magar aata hai

main dhue se kar k parda nazar churati hun
wo magar cheer k parde pukarta hai mujhe
kaisi yaari hai ki marzi hai uski mera kya
meri bato ko ansuna sa karta jata hai

uski zid hai ki kuch to arz karu uski nazar
ye jaan k ki khamoshi ke naam raat likhi
phir bhi ladta hai roz roop naye dharta hai
aankh pe rukta nahi dil me aa utarta hai

main hansu ya ki rou zid pe aa k baitha hai
ek masoom si ada hai, na kahu kaise
do lafaz bol du ki behle aur so jaye
wo magar puri ghazal ki zid pakadta hai

jeeta hai chaand ya khamoshi meri hansti hai
jane kyo aaj yaha chandani chahakti hai...
Meri gali me dhoop chao ke khel ke baad
aksar chup chap chand ki mehfil jamti hai...

Khwab se

Raat ki tanha talash ka tukra

Ek akela sa khwab hu main...

Adhura bojh lagu to bhi

Nazaro se girana nahi...

Thak bhi jayo agar meri tabeer ki talash me,

mere saath chalna, khayal jaan k bhulana nahi.

Na dekhi dhup na tare gine,

Na os ki chadar chhui, na dhundh ki shawl buni...

Anjani duniya hai tere aankho ke aage ki

Anjan meri nasamjhi se tum kahi chidh jana nahi.

Koi raah mere kadmo se judi nahi ab tak

Na kisi aur ke raste pe chalna sikha hai...

Tum agar dhundhte ho pairo k nishan mere kahi

Na mile to bhi dhundhna... thak jana nahi...

Mere naam ki koi shakal nahi hai ab tak

Mera wajood to hai... pehchaan abhi mili nahi

Koi mere bare me pooche, aur samajh na paaye

To bas khamosh ho jana... Samjhana nahi...

Mai teri chhaya hun ya tu mera humsaya hai

Kuch to hai ek sa hum me ki hum jude hai kahi

Tune ji aankho se duniya hai dekhi ab tak ki...

Main unhi aankho se kal ki shakal ko dekh aayi...

Tumhe jo ik jhalak dikhlau us kal ki apne

Sach janna usko...

Jhuth samajh hansi me udana nahi.